Hello Chrissy
Found this newspaper article for you.
Sarah received the lightest sentence for crime/s done at a time of economic depression and high unemployment with the Industrial Revolution.
"ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
. . .
At Croydon, J. Stevens, J. Lovell, Sarah King and Sarah Whaley, for burglaries."
["The Lincoln, Rutland and Stamford Mercury", Friday, August 2, 1799, p. 3, Issue 3567.]
Sarah Whaley (aka Wheatley) came out to VDL on the same boat, so sweet to know she wasn't alone at such a young age. I'll look up the boys now.
Never be embarrassed about your forebears, no one knows the circumstances of their lives.
Best wishes
Denise